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An Exploratory Study on Family Group Use of a Multi-touch Table Exhibit at a Public Marine Science Center

Creator:

East, Jennifer L.

Abstract:

Museums, aquariums, and technology centers are informal learning environments that facilitate the understanding of scientific phenomena while supporting self-motivated learning. Families are a social group that frequently visits these sites. There are multiple opportunities for adults and children to engage in independent sense-making and collective discussion about their experiences with...

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Masters Thesis

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part of a formative evaluation in a controlled museum space. The exhibit was projected onto a flat
Communicating science : developing an exhibit with scientists and educators

Creator:

Lemagie, Emily

Abstract:

Outreach is a small, but significant component to modern research. Developing an exhibit for public display can be an effective way to communicate science to broad audiences, although it may be a less familiar method to scientists than writing papers or giving presentations. I outline the process of developing an...

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Masters Thesis

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, exhibit design, and evaluation. Neil Banas graciously shared his visualization concept and code for use
An experimental investigation of the effects of temperature and dissolved oxygen on the growth of juvenile English sole and juvenile Dungeness crab

Creator:

Bancroft, Morgan P.

Abstract:

In the past two decades, occurrences of summertime upwelling-driven low dissolved oxygen (DO) events, or hypoxia, have increased along the northeast Pacific coast. If hypoxic events are severe enough to cause marine species mortality, the areas affected are often called "dead zones." In 2002 and again in 2006, the events...

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Masters Thesis

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understanding of hypoxia, I designed a ~3:00 minute video exhibit that was displayed at the Hatfield